Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Llamas II - Bath Time

Boy, I've been busy! Or something like that. Anyway, here's a little more from my trip to Wunsupana Farm near Albany, NY.

Here we have the lovely Liesl taking a bath, using all of her charms to lure in the local royalty.

Just look at those legs! Cat whistles heard offstage

Why can't I look this nice after rolling in the dirt?

Come to think of it, have you ever seen such an adorable farmer?

Meet Teri. I think to know her is to love her.

The same could be said of her llamas.

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Projects update

I'm currently working on my cotton/hemp/modal Boneyard Shawl, and I think I'm almost ready to begin the final border. I can't wait to get this one off the needles and washed, so I can feel how the fabric softens and blooms. It's actually in a natural bone kinda color, which besides turning out to be a terrible (though coincidental) pun is actually one of the few projects I've done in a natural-looking, solid color without any crazy shots of color. I love my color. I'll make a separate post to demonstrate that point.

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A Smidgen of Knitterly Jargon

FO - Finished Object

UFO - Unfinished Object

WIP - Work In Progress

KAL - Knit-a-long; knitters near or far unite over a common project/theme, and more-or-less simultaneously progress through the project. Done well, it can be a very nice way to stay connected over long distances... kinda like watching the same movie while staying on the phone does for long-distance dating. It's a shared process.

frog - I appeal to Theresa Vinson Stenersen's explanation in this article

rip - unraveling your knitting by removing the needle and yanking on the working yarn

tink - undoing your knitting one stitch at a time by reversing the knitting process ("knit" spelled backwards)